Improvement in stirrups



0. HENSLEY.

Stirrups.

Patented Jan, 28,

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ORLANDO HENSLEY, OF KIDDVILLIQKENTUOKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,732, dated January28, 1879 application filed November 9, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO HENSLEY, of Kiddville, in the county ofClark and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Stirrups and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation, partlyin section, of my stirrup, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing thestirrup disengaged.

My invention relates to saddle-stirrups; and

the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In carrying out my invention I employ two side pieces, which are bent soas to cross each other, and being pivoted together at a point near theircenters form the upper jaws for leather attachment and lower jaws forfootreceptacle. To the lower end of one of the pieces I pivot thefoot-plate, and in the upper end of the same piece I journal the shaftof the strap-bar, which is provided at the other extremity with a tenon.The other side piece has a stud, lug, or other confining means at thelower end, which stud, &c., engages a recess in the foot-plate and holdsby a spring force the foot-plate. At the upper end of this latter sidepiece is a mortise, which receives the tenon on the strap-bar.

' Referring to the drawings, Arepresents one of the side pieces, whichis curved and crosses a similarly-formed side piece, B, to which it isloosely pivoted, as shown at as.

To an inwardly-projecting flange, a, at the lower end of the side pieceA is pivoted, at a, a foot-plate, O, which plate is provided at theopposite end with a recess, 0, as shown. At the upper extremity of theside piece A is loosely pivoted the strap-bar D, which is provided atthe opposite end with a tenon, d, adapted to engage in a mortise, I), inthe side piece B. The lower end of the side piece 13 has aninwardly-projecting flange, b,.which has a stud or lug, 12 which lugfits in the recess 0. The foot-plate has spring enough to allow thedisengagement of the lug b and recess a, but

exerts sufficient constant force when engaged to hold them in contact.

In order to disengage my improved stirrup from the leather it is onlynecessary to raise the recess end of the foot-plate 0 until the lug andrecess are out of connection, and thus swing the said foot-plate 0around on its pivot until it is free from the foot of the side piece B.The lower extremities of the side pieces A B then approach each other,and the tenon d of the strap-bar D becomes disengaged from the mortiseb, and the stirrup has collapsed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The collapsing-stirrup herein described, consisting of the side piecesAB 12 the strap-bar D d, foot-plate O, recess 0, lug W, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO HENSLEY.

